• Chris Bambery of the SWP on left unity and the fight against Blairism
• Harry Paterson on the crisis in the Socialist Party
• Hillel Ticktin on  Stalin and the first five-year plan
• Bob Pitt on British politics after Livingstone 
• CPGB, Workers Power and AWL speakers debate democratic centralism
• Jack Conrad on Marxism and the politics of nature
• Red Action on official anti-racism and the white working class

Date and venue

This year CU 2000 runs from August 5 to 12 at Brunel University, Uxbridge in Middlesex. As usual, there is a challenging range of speakers and much to stimulate.   How to get there. Each session lasts approximately two hours, with plenty of opportunity for contributions from the floor. The cost is £80 residential (self-catering), £40 non-residential, £10 per day or £5 per individual session.   How to register.

Programme

Saturday 5  CU2000  Afternoon 12.30pm Aims and method of Communist University Anne Murphy opens CU2000 1.00pm - 3.30pm Democratic centralism and party building Mark Fischer (CPGB), Kirsty Paton (Workers Power) and a speaker from the Alliance for Workers Liberty debate revolutionary organisation 4.00pm - 7.30pm Left unity and the fight against Blairism Chris Bambery of SWP Sunday 6  Morning  Afternoon 10.00am - 12.30pm Lessons of the LSA LSA secretary Greg Tucker 2.00pm - 4.15pm The origins of Scottish nationhood Neil Davidson explores themes from his recent book 4.45pm - 7pm Crisis in the Socialist Party Expelled SP member Harry Paterson Monday 7  Morning  Afternoon 10.00am - 12.30pm The politics of the green movement Jack Conrad 2pm - 4.15pm The new anti-capitalism Clive Bradley of the AWL 4.45pm - 7pm Class consciousness Leading AWL member, Sean Matgamna Tuesday 8  Morning  Afternoon 10.00am - 12.30pm The EU, Ocalan and the politics of Turkey Esen Uslu 2pm - 4.15pm The left in Iran and the 'reformist' election victory Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran 4.45pm - 7pm Zimbabwe Ian Donovan Wednesday 9  Morning  Afternoon 10.00am - 12.30pm The LSA, the general election and after Marcus Larsen 2pm - 4.15pm Scotland: left nationalism or workers' unity Sarah McDonald 4.45pm - 7pm Official anti-racism and the white working class Red Action Thursday 10  Morning  Afternoon 10.00am - 12.30pm The British-Irish Anne Murphy 2pm - 4.15pm The British consititution and the revolutionary left Steve Freeman 4.45pm - 7pm British politics after Livingstone Bob Pitt Friday 11  Morning  Afternoon 10.00am - 12.30pm Cuba - a workers' state? Peter Manson 2pm - 4.15pm Trade unions after revolutionaries Derek Goodliffe 4.45pm - 7pm Putin - an elected tsar Michael Malkin Saturday 12  Morning  Afternoon 10.00am - 12.30pm The prospects for world capitalism Hillel Ticktin 1.30pm - 3.30pm Stalin and the first five-year plan: the birth of the system Hillel Ticktin